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PART I: It’s All Fun and Games

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started

Understanding Computer Programming

What is a computer?

How do we talk to computers?

What is Python?

Setting Things Up

Installing Python

Installing and Configuring Visual Studio Code

Creating a Work Folder

Writing Your First Python Program

Selecting Your Work Folder

It’s Coding Time!

CHAPTER 2 Mad Libs

Understanding Functions

Using Variables

Creating a Variable

Using a Variable

Some Important Variable Rules

Variables, More Variables, and Even More Variables

Getting User Input

Playing Mad Libs

Write Your Story

CHAPTER 3 Roll the Dice

Using Libraries

The random Library

Generating Random Numbers

Choosing a Random Item

“3” Is Not 3

Commenting Your Code

One Die, Two Dice

CHAPTER 4 Calculate the Day

Working with Dates

The datetime Library

Using the datetime Class

Making Decisions

The if Statement

Testing for Other Options

Beating the Mathematician

Handling Numeric Inputs

Putting It All Together

An Alternate Solution

CHAPTER 5 Rock Paper Scissors

Handling User Input

CHAPTER 6 Secret Codes

Accessing List Items

Changing List Items

Adding and Removing Items

Looping Through Items

Looping Through Numbers

Cracking the Code

Encrypting Characters

Encryption Code

Decryption Code

CHAPTER 7 Guess the Number

Conditional Loops

Putting It All Together

CHAPTER 8 Becoming a Coder

How Coders Code

Game Components

Restricting User Input

Storing User Guesses

Displaying Lists

Masking Characters

CHAPTER 9 Hangman

So How Does It Work?

CHAPTER 10 Keep Going

Birthday Countdown

Program Requirements

Program Requirements

Some Tips (Pun Intended)

Password Generator

Program Requirements

Part II: On an Adventure

CHAPTER 11 Getting Func-ky

Functions Revisited

Creating a Function

Passing Arguments

Returning Values

CHAPTER 12 Exploring

Prompting for Options

Processing Options

Create a Work Folder

CHAPTER 13 Cleanup Time

Optimizing Your Code

String Externalization

Creating the Strings File

Using Externalized Strings

CHAPTER 14 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refactor

Understanding Refactoring

Identifying Refactoring Opportunities

Creating a User Choice Component

Designing a Reusable Component

Creating the User Options Function

Updating Your Code

CHAPTER 15 Carrying (and Using) Stuff

Planning the Inventory System

Creating a Dictionary

Working with Dictionaries

Lists of Dictionaries

The Inventory System

Creating an Inventory

Plugging In the Inventory System

Using the Inventory System

Displaying the Inventory

CHAPTER 16 Keeping It Classy

The Player System

Creating a Player Class

Creating the Class

Defining Properties

Creating Methods

Initializing the Class

Using Our New Class

CHAPTER 17 Color Your World

Installing Third-Party Libraries

Importing and Initializing the Library

Coloring Your Output

CHAPTER 18 Keep Going

Health and Lives

Shopping for Items

Battling Enemies

Saving and Restoring

PART III: Racing Around

CHAPTER 19 Crazy Driver

Introducing Pygame

Prepping the Game

Installing Pygame

Creating Work Folders

Obtaining Images

Getting Started

Initializing Pygame

Displaying Stuff

CHAPTER 20 Image-ine the Possibilities

Files and Folders

Setting the Background

Placing the Cars

CHAPTER 21 We Like to Move It

Moving the Enemy

Moving the Player

CHAPTER 22 Crash, Bang, Boom

You Crashed, Game Over

Increasing Difficulty

CHAPTER 23 Finishing Touches

Game Over Revisited

Varying Enemies

CHAPTER 24 Keep Going

Scores and High Scores

Multiple Enemies

There’s a Lot More to Python

Web Development

Mobile App Development

Game Development

CHAPTER 25 Tinkering, Testing, and Debugging Revisited

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